POLAB® APM - Polysius

A company
of ThyssenKrupp
Technologies
POLAB ® APM automatic
sample preparation module.
Polysius
ThyssenKrupp

POLAB ® APM – the most
compact and flexible sample
preparation module in the
world – represents the accumulated
knowhow of the
POLAB ® sample preparation
system.
Excellent sample preparation
is one of the most important
prerequisites for quality
assurance in the primary
industry and in many other
industrial sectors. Wherever
spectrometer and diffractometer
analyses have to provide vital
information about the material
quality or the quality of a production
process, reliable sample
preparation is indispensable
– and POLAB ® APM is synonymous
for reliability.
The POLAB ® APM is ideal for
both the routine work of a
production process and for
research and/or special applications
(such as Rietveld).
For constantly recurring routine
work, the unit has predefined
preparation programs that can
be modified to suit the user's
precise requirements.
For special applications and
special analyses, the user
can define his own preparation
programs.
Configurable to meet almost
every wish
5 flexibly configurable modules
provide POLAB ® APM solutions
ranging from user-friendly
sample preparation to the
world’s smallest fully automatic
laboratory automation system.
The desired scope of services
decides which of the modules
are used:
x The main module consists
of a patented fine grinding
mill with grinding aid dosing
unit, the tablet press, cleaning
POLAB ® APM – automatic sample preparation module.
The smallest laboratory automation system in the world.
Manual sample input and...
tablet removal.
Put in the sample...
...and take out the tablet.
devices and the magazine
for empty steel rings. The
ground material is emptied
into a steel ring and pressed
into a tablet, whose surface is
then cleaned.
The main module is a
component of all POLAB ® APM
configurations and responsible
for the automatic sample
preparation.
»Full« automation
from the sample
feeding to the
analysis
result...
Automatic
sample
loading.
x The module for manual input
/ output permits the simultaneous
feeding of blind sample and
Connection
for the tablet
conveyor belt
to the
analysers.
Input magazine
with up to 20 input
positions.
...the
smallest laboratory
automation
system in the world.
main sample. After preparation
in the main module, the tablet
can be manually removed.
x The module for automatic
input closes the mill system
after the simultaneous feeding
of blind sample and main
sample fully automatically and
is therefore ideal for material
feeding by robot or input
magazine.
x The input magazine with
max. 20 positions enables
fully automatic feeding
of series samples or process
samples
x The output module supplies
tablets to the analysers via
an external conveyor belt.
After the tablets return from
the analysers, the sample
material is ejected from the
ring and the ring is then cleaned
and deposited in the ring
magazine.
POLAB ® APM advantages
at a glance:
x fully automatic
sample preparation
– compact and quiet,
x sample preparation
in spectrometer
and diffractometer
– in a single work
operation,
x high sample throughput
rate,
x high reproducibility,
x clear and simple
operation,
x easy installation,
x compatible with existing
systems and
x upwardly compatible
with larger POLAB ®
systems.
As Polysius designed the
APM as a sample preparation
module that can be used in all
POLAB ® systems, your investment
in the smallest laboratory
automation system in the
world is simultaneously an
excellent entry (if desired) into
the most user-friendly laboratory
automation system.